Summer Crossword — Free Printable
Twelve summer answers in a friendly criss-cross puzzle, with big squares and clear, plain clues. The grid prints on page 1, the clues on page 2 in large type, and the answer key on page 3. Show the word bank for an easier puzzle.
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Sunroom GamesLarge-print crossword · Puzzle 1
Summer Crossword
Solve the clues on page 2 and write the answers in the squares. Every answer is about summer.
Name Date
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Clues on page 2 · Answers on page 3sunroomgames.com
Sunroom GamesLarge-print crossword · Puzzle 1
Clues
Across
- 2Day's end, when the sky glows orange (6)
- 6Family trip away from work and school (8)
- 8Cooling puff of wind on a hot day (6)
- 9Lawn spray kids run through on hot days (9)
- 10Day off, like the Fourth of July (7)
Down
- 1Warm rays on a cloudless day (8)
- 2Open-toed summer shoes with straps (7)
- 3Big striped fruit with juicy red flesh (10)
- 4Backyard plot for vegetables or flowers (6)
- 5Casting a line from the dock (7)
- 7Tart yellow drink from a kids' stand (8)
- 8Small summer fruits for pies and jam (7)
The number after each clue is how many letters the answer hassunroomgames.com
Sunroom GamesLarge-print crossword · Puzzle 1 · Answer key
Answer key
Summer Crossword
1S
2S
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N
S
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T
3W
4G
5F
U
A
6V
A
C
A
T
I
O
N
N
7L
T
R
S
S
D
8B
R
E
E
Z
E
D
H
H
A
E
M
R
E
I
I
L
R
O
M
N
N
N
9S
P
R
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N
K
L
E
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G
E
I
A
L
E
D
10H
O
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D
A
Y
S
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Across
- 2SUNSET
- 6VACATION
- 8BREEZE
- 9SPRINKLER
- 10HOLIDAY
Down
- 1SUNSHINE
- 2SANDALS
- 3WATERMELON
- 4GARDEN
- 5FISHING
- 7LEMONADE
- 8BERRIES
Free to print and copy for home, classroom and care-home usesunroomgames.com
How to solve a crossword
Each clue has a number that matches a numbered square in the grid. Across answers read from left to right, and Down answers from top to bottom. Where two answers cross, they share a letter.
- Start with the clues you're sure of. Every answer is about summer, so the easy ones come quickly. Write them in first.
- Use the letter count. The number after each clue tells you how many letters the answer has, and it must fill its squares exactly.
- Let the crossings help. Each answer you write gives you letters in the answers that cross it. A word with two or three letters already in place is often easy to guess.
- Write lightly. A pencil and eraser make it easy to change your mind.
- Stuck? Show the word bank. It lists all twelve answers in alphabetical order on the clues page, which makes the puzzle a gentle matching game. It's a good way to start a group session.
Printing tips
- Use Letter paper (8.5 × 11 in). The grid prints on page 1, the clues on page 2 and the answers on page 3.
- Don't want the answers? In the print window, choose to print pages 1 to 2 only.
- Print on one side of the paper, so you can lay the grid and the clues side by side.
- To keep a copy, pick "Save as PDF" as the printer.
- Want another puzzle on the same theme? Tap "Another summer crossword" for a new set of words.
- Free to print and copy for home, classroom and care-home use.
For a different kind of puzzle on the same theme, print our summer word search or summer word scramble.